Since last June, “local investors” have been restricted to only being allowed to buy shares and disallowed from withdrawing cash from accounts. Those restrictions did not stop the stock market from collapsing further and today authorities have decided to lift those capital controls… the result – ASE has plunged below mid-Summer lows to its lowest since June 2009……
Is now the time for dividend investing? While the dividend investing style is almost always overlooked, it still has a place in many portfolios even though many consider it a ‘boring’ way to growth wealth in a portfolio. Sure investors often prefer growth securities that are increasing earnings or revenues, or securities with value metrics…
We’re stuck in the middle of the range now: As you can see from Dave Fry’s Dow chart, we’ve been gyrating between 17,200 and 18,250 on the Dow for the entire year. From a mid-point of 17,750(ish), that’s just a 2.5% up or down move before getting pulled back towards the middle – other than the…
First of all, I think we’re all a little sick of hearing whether the Fed will raise rates this month – or whether they should’ve done it sooner. We’re talking about 0.25% if they do it! After seven years of zero interest rate policies, economists should be much more worried about the damage done from…
Netflix, Inc. is a provider of Internet television network. The Company has over 57 million streaming members in over 50 countries. Its members can watch more than two billion hours of television (TV) shows and movies per month, including original series, documentaries and feature films on Internet-connected screen. The Company has three operating segments: Domestic…
Lululemon Athletica released its third quarter earnings report before opening bell this morning, just edging out earnings estimates but missing on sales. The apparel retailer reported earnings of 38 cents per share, excluding items, and $479.7 million in revenue, a 14% year over year increase, compared to the analyst estimates of 37 cents per share and $481.78…
The best large cap sector is consumer goods. The top large cap industry is cigarettes. The average large cap score is 59.26 and that’s below the four week average score of 59.81. The average large cap stock is trading -19.33% below its 52 week high, -3.26% below its 200 dma, has 4.08 days to cover…
Extreme volatility and downward pressure have brought the price of crude, as tracked by the United States Oil Fund LP ETF (NYSE Arca: USO), down more than 40% over the past six months. At the same time, we’ve seen remarkable economic and technological developments in the price, availability, and usage of alternative and renewable energy sources…
As we wind down 2015, the second half of the year has been rather volatile – but in the end, the S&P 500 is about flat for the year. Now don’t forget, the second half of December is historically the best part of the month, so don’t give up on Santa coming to town quite…
